Maria Nepomuceno's Mixed-Media Sculptures Writhe with Ancient Symbolism
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Maria Nepomuceno's Mixed-Media Sculptures Writhe with Ancient Symbolism
In the works the animals are diaphanous – light has literally passed through their bodies. They appear tugged by a slipstream of spirit – not in purgatory, as such, but some sort of primitive motion. They levitate in a space of brooding luminosity that seems sentient and wholly focused on its task of enfolding each creature back into its care. Ther... See more
Kate Hennessy • The artist who turns roadkill into fine art
Materiality
arts - what does it mean to be a human?
we’ve been making things for a very very long time, museum stories - this is how we got here. “imagining/making/creating is our way of being in the world” we create our world, we choose and shape our worlds […] a sculptor ‘seeing’ a figure emerging from marble = ancestors ‘seeing’ a tool emerging fr
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